Abaiang
Abaiang (sometimes Apaiang, even pronunciation) is a Atoll of the republic of the Kiribati.
Its name means ground of north (aba: ground; iang: north) or ground of the wind (you ang, wind). Before finding its indigenous name, she was baptized, at the beginning of the 19th century, Charlotte Island of the name of the boat (transport of convicts) of the captain Thomas Gilbert who saw it for the 1st time in 1788 which had baptized it Matthew' S Island, of the name of the owner of the Charlotte .
6.000 inhabitants. 16,4 km.
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